From: Dave, K1HRV and, Roger, W1ZSA
To: Norfolk County SkyWarn Net Control stations and participants.
In light of a more significant role we amateurs can play in all types of emergencies Roger, W1ZSA, and I feel that we should expand the purpose and scope of the Sunday night net. Effective July 6, 2003 we are changing the Sunday evening SkyWarn Training Net to the “Norfolk County Emergency Preparedness Net”. SkyWarn training and hazardous weather preparedness will certainly continue to be a major topic for discussion during these nets.
[Webmaster note: This paragraph was copied from the message for emphasis. Please press on the link to read the entire message.]As radio amateur communicators, various circumstances have sharpened our awareness to the need for an elevated level of emergency readiness over the past 21 months. Not only are we finding ourselves being more cognizant of these events, but also more of us have become active in nets, are participating in drills and are attending seminars or taking communications courses that prepare us for such emergencies.
Quite often our weekly Sunday evening SkyWarn net discussions extend beyond that of severe weather preparedness and include timely and important topics of general emergency preparedness. It seems that there is a need for a broader format that not only addresses SkyWarn activities and training, but should include those topics such as Homeland Security, planning for local emergencies, training and emergency preparedness in general.
In light of a more significant role we amateurs can play in all types of emergencies Roger, W1ZSA, and I feel that we should expand the purpose and scope of the Sunday night net. Effective July 6, 2003 we are changing the Sunday evening SkyWarn Training Net to the “Norfolk County Emergency Preparedness Net”. SkyWarn training and hazardous weather preparedness will certainly continue to be a major topic for discussion during these nets.
As the title indicates – we will continue to serve communities in Norfolk County and we welcome all other communities to participate regardless of location.
It should be noted that RACES Sector 2B is made up of most all communities in Norfolk County. Visit http://ares.ema.arrl.org and click on “Where am I – Chart” [link to the left on this page – WM] to see a map of Norfolk County, which is approximately the same area that our net serves. Also, the National Weather Service looks to 146.895 when severe weather spotter information is needed in Norfolk County.
So it makes sense to bring all of our talents together in a weekly net format to discuss and learn how we as amateur radio operators can best serve our local communities in the Norfolk County Area in the event of any emergency.
I look forward to your comments and suggestions.
Thank you for your continued support.
Dave
K1HRV
Roger
W1ZSA